599 U.S. Dollars Lives On... unfortunately... ?

E3: No more 60GB PlayStation 3 in US after July, says Reeves


SCEE president David Reeves has told GamesIndustry.biz that the 60GB PlayStation 3 will no longer be available in the US after stock sells out - which he predicts will occur by the end of the month.

Reeves was speaking at an E3 event to announce the introduction of a new PS3 bundle in Europe. When asked about possible criticisms over whether SCEE should have given consumers the option to pay a lower price, as SCEA has done, he replied, "Well, they're not really are they, because what the US are offering from the 1st of August is a USD 599 version with one game.
"All they're doing is taking their stock in trade that they've got at the moment of the 60GB model, marking the price down and it will all be gone by the end of July."

When asked to clarify if this will mean the end of the 60GB model, Reeves answered, "In America, yes."

SCEA announced a USD 100 price cut for PlayStation 3 earlier this week. A new 80GB model will come bundled with a copy of Motorstorm and will retail for USD 599.


The full interview with Reeves is now on GamesIndustry.biz.

SOURCE http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26704


What just happened here?

 

Bait ($100 off...) and switch (...a SKU that doesn't exist anymore) :lol:

 

and the 80GB PS3 is an inferior model too.

they should just cease production period

 

And all 360 units on the market are lemmons. They should just cease production period.

Love live the wii, the only next gen console!!!

:thumbsup:

 

how fucking stupid. They only "dropped" the price down to what it was at launch, and will put it right back up to $599.

It's also going to be all software for ps2 compatibility, so they are cutting the costs to manufacture. Nice to know they are passing that savings on to consumers.

 

Typical Sony. Oh well, there's a reason why I don't buy Sony products...

 

There are problems with the 360 and the ps3 but we still need a console to play the normal games.

Wii is just a toy. A fun toy but a toy. Great for the new bowling game but terrible at fighters,FPS and 3rd party action games.

Love it or hate it no one can say its the be all end all as its control feature is clearly inferior for games not specificly designed for it.

 

All consoles are really just toys.

 

I was just mocking GodofHardcore because he is being a retarded 360 fanboy on the forums.

I personaly dont have a wii anymore, I traded it for my ps3 which gets daily use unlike my wii did (it's just not for me, it's more a party system).

 

Agreed right there the 360 needs sorting out they die far to fast. Not sure on the Wii comment



Showing off this new model is not the right move imo but its not coming to the uk yet anyway so we just get the long over due price cut

 

That's a bloody cheek! I wonder if this is going to be confirmed? Reeves is pretty bold faced and frank in that interview. I wonder if he is looking at the job ads yet?

Also I can't see Sony selling the 2 million or more 60GB machines shipped but not sold in the USA within 1 month :lol:

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26702

Price cut in Europe for Christmas?

Because you can't afford them?

That's my reason.

 

well this interview with Kaz Hirai pretty much says it all...can't get much higher up than him.

http://atvs.vg.no/player/?id=10235

at around 1:40 in the video, he says:

"Well, again, just from a hardware perspective, the 499 dollar price adjustment that we did for the 60 GB version, for the American market, we're no longer in production for that product, so once that product is gone from the retailer shelves, then we're back to the $599 SKU only, so it's not like we have a two price strategy here in the US market. We found out very early on, you know, consumers react mostly to just having one SKU as opposed to two."

 

Wrong
Lol!

 

Perhaps all is fine after all:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/durr/the-great-60gb-phase-out-clusterfuck-278256.php

"Those quotes from David Reeves are not accurate. He said that if they had lowered the price in Europe, that territory would have run out of their current inventory by the end of July... As announced this week, SCEA's product offering in North America consists of a 80GB PS3 available in August at $599 and a 60GB PS3 available now for $499. We have will have ample supplies of both models to meet the needs of our consumers for the foreseeable future."

 

well as I posted, Kaz Hirai admitted that they have stopped producing the 60 gig models. Just recently another Sony guy said that the 60 gig ps3's "will be available in North America for $499 until supplies of that unit are depleted."

 

Oh shi--

http://kotaku.com/gaming/clustered-fucks/kaz-confirms-60gb-ps3-discontinuation-278414.php

We're no longer in production for [the 60GB PS3], so once that product is gone from the retailers shelves, then we're back to the $599 SKU only, so it's not like we have a two-price strategy here in the US market, which we found out very early on, that consumers react mostly to having one SKU as opposed to two.

 

You really should think more before posting. People have better things to do than wade through your fanboy contributions.

 

"[Joystiq] got this clarified statement from Karraker, who said "The 60GB PS3 will be available in North America for $499 until supplies of that unit are depleted. We have ample inventory to meet the immediate needs of consumers in this territory for several months to come. We won't be making any further announcements regarding our PS3 model hardware strategy in North America until the 60GB model is exhausted and market conditions are evaluated.""
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/13/sony-says-60gb-is-not-over-in-us/

Of course, that could be interpreted in ways..

 

Forget this next gen BS. Buy a PS2, get some Logitech wireless controllers and the PS2 component cables.

Better games, more of them, much less money and BS.